Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions ...

Things to remember when considering digital pictures: If insect is found feeding on a plant, correct specimen identification may also require an identification of the plant as well. Here are some ...

The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a ...

Recently, the CU Museum of Natural history got a new tool to aid its digitization efforts: a camera and computer setup capable of creating three-dimensional models of insect specimens. This ...

Specimens and their associated data are used as the basis for original collections-based research on the taxonomy, life history, geography, and evolutionary history of insects, arachnids, and ...

These research collections include entomology — the study of insects within the field of zoology — which holds 7,500,000 specimens and primary types of over 33,000 species. According to recent ...

The Sloane collection contains insect specimens collected and purchased by Sir Hans Sloane and thus its history can be traced back to the foundation of the British Museum and the subsequent ...

“It’s exceedingly rare to find a specimen where both the insect and the pollen are preserved in a single fossil,” said David Dilcher, the study’s co-author. “Aside from the significance ...

A well-curated collection of local grasshoppers is useful for identification and display. Insect taxonomists often identify species by comparing unknown specimens with identified museum specimens.

With each wooden specimen case he removes from a bank of hand-cranked mobile shelves, as visitors gather, he reveals another intricate display of insects, which he gently stacks on a bench.

The Museum has imaged 100,000 slides of tiny insects from the collection, including 6,286 containing chalcid wasps. For the crowdsourcing project Miniature Lives Magnified, digital volunteers ...